STATE NEWS 



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the state moth department. It is the inten- 

 tion of the state agent to bring every re- 

 source to bear against the pest so far as an 

 econmical administration of state funds will 

 allow. 



It is especially the desire of the moth de- 

 partment to conduct the work for the benefit 

 of the state as a whole, rather than for any 

 one locality, and to make the state funds do 

 the greatest possible service both for the 

 present and for the future. With this in 

 mind, the "scouting" or inspection part of the 

 work has been organized. 



"Washington 



State Treasurer J. G. Lewis, of Washing- 

 ton, has segregated the $34,111.4(5 which was 

 the state's share of all receipts from the sale 

 of property, rentals, etc., in the forest re- 

 serves in Washington for the year ending 

 June 30, 1911, and the amounts will be dis- 

 tributed among the various counties accord- 

 ing to the area of national forests they con- 

 tain, as compared with the extra area in the 

 state. 



Colorado 



Failure to secure the appropriation made 

 by the last legislature to provide a horticul- 

 tural and forest school on the Teller Indian 

 School property may yet lose Colorado the 

 buildings and the grounds valued at $450,000. 

 President C. A. Lory, of the State Agri- 

 cultural Board, has written to the local board 

 in charge of the property, advising them of 

 the alleged seriousness of the condition. The 

 property was granted to Colorado by Con- 

 gress on condition that it be converted into 

 an educational institution to which Indians 

 were to be admitted on equal terms with 

 whites. So far the state has for lack of 

 funds been unable to comply with conditions 

 imposed by the act of Congress, but President 

 Lory believes if the extension work can be 

 carried out as planned, with the $5,000 prom- 

 ised by the state auditor, the state can retain 

 possession of the property. 



Tennessee 



Problems arising from the destruction of 

 southern forests by insect pests and fires will 

 be discussed at a forest conference in Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., April 8-10, at which Henry S. 

 Graves, chief of the Forest Service, will pre- 

 side. 



This conference will be held as a part of 

 the Southern Commercial Congress, which 

 then will be in session. Lumbermen, manu- 

 facturers and southern legislators will be in- 

 vited to participate in the discussions in 

 which legal and other meai.s of forest per- 

 petuation will be considered. 



Montana 



More adequate laws for the protection of 

 the forests of Montana are needed, and un- 

 less the next legislature is prevailed upon to 

 pass stringent fire laws the future of the for- 

 ests will be in a most precarious condition, is 



the opinion expressed by State Forester 

 Charles W. Jungberg in his annual report. 

 He asserts that this protective legislation was 

 not passed last winter because "pressure was 

 brought to bear by interests that hold the 

 main part of the timber outside of the na- 

 tional forests, to defeat all forest legisla- 

 tion." 



Kentucky 



Advocates of the awakening of interest in 

 forestry in Kentucky have put before the 

 Legislature aproposal that there shall be 

 created a non-salaried commission of five 

 members with the Governor a member of the 

 commission; that there shall be a trained for- 

 ester whose duty shall be to enlist the inter- 

 est of private owners of land, to organize a 

 fire warden system, and to develop a forestry 

 policy for the state. It is further prouosed 

 that adequate fire protection provisions be 

 enacted, and that the State be authorized to 

 own land for experimental purposes and to 

 reforest denuded watersheds at the sources 

 of important streams. 



Indiana 



Optimistic reports concerning the good 

 work of the Indiana Forestry Association 

 were made at a recent meeting of the di- 

 rectors of that organization at the office of 

 Charles W. Fairbanks. Mr. Fairbanks was 

 re-elected president, and other officers were 

 re-elected as follows : Vice-president, Mason 

 B. Thomas, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, 

 and secretary, George B. Lockwood, Marion. 

 William A. Guthrie, of Indianapolis, was 

 elected treasurer to succeed Hugh J. Mc- 

 Gowan, who died. 



In his report, Mr Fairbanks said the work 

 of the Association had been carried on with 

 gratifying results since its organization. The 

 people generally had manifested interest in 

 the movement, he said, and prospects were 

 very bright. Mr. Fairbanks said the news- 

 papers of the State had done important work 

 in educating the people concerning the pur- 

 poses of the Association. 



Oregon 



The Portland, Oregon, office of the For- 

 est Service has recently inaugurated a study 

 of the production and consumption of pulp 

 and pulp products in the Pacific Northwest. 

 This study is now being actively pursued by 

 three representatives of that Government 

 Bureau. All of the pulp mills actively 

 operating are furnishing data regarding- their 

 cutting, and information regarding the con- 

 sumption of paper and other pulp products 

 is being solicited from distributers and con- 

 sumers. 



Ohio 



The Forestry Department of the Ohio 

 State agricultural station is hoping its recom- 

 mendations for legislation requiring the re- 



